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A call for protest in Bangalore India (From Sangama)

Dear friend(s) BANGALORE PROTEST DETAILS: Time: 5 PM Date: 9th January, 2006, Monday Place: Mahatma Gandhi Statue, MG Road Most of you are aware about the homophobic and moralistic attitudes of Lucknow Police, that…

Culture, identity, and representation
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The Irish Essay

By Caillean McMahon A few thoughts on the issue of gay marriage: First of all, nearly all of us support the idea that same sex couples ought to have the right, or have the…

Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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One Binary Please, Supersize

(The MacDonaldization of Intersex activism) My response to the following article Why Doesn’t ISNA Want to Eradicate Gender? By Curtis E. Hinkle Imagine a world in which the main division between individuals were size.…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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The Hypocricy of Catholic Charities

Boston Catholic Charities decision to close it’s adoption services rather than comply with state guidelines that require them to consider all good people as equal when placing children is yet another reminder of the…

Community and organizingEducation and youth
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Felicity Gets It!

There are so many negative stereotypes when it comes to transgender people, it’s a beautiful thing when someone not only “gets it,” but also stands up proudly and puts down those stereotypes. That’s exactly…

Transgender identity and history
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Crain Brain Drain

I really had to laugh at the complete arrogance and hypocrisy Chris Crain showed in his recent Editorial entitled: “A year of living dangerously.” I focus on this one sentence in particular, “I also…

Community and organizingPublic policy and governance
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Common Sense or Science? You Choose!

Generic Confusion’s author, Greg wonders about allowing gender dysphoric children to choose their gender: “What are parents to do when their child says he’s tired of being a child, and wants to be a…

Education and youthHealthcare and medicine
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Strangers in a Strange Land – By Caillean McMahon

By Caillean McMahon Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance On this past Saturday, President Bush gave a radio address to the nation. In it he said that the committment of a husband and a wife…

Culture, identity, and representationEducation and youth
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Re-thinking Gay Image

by Caillean Maureen McMahon I’m old enough to remember. It does not seem that very long ago that Russian Orthodox leaders commanded the sympathy of the world as they attempted to keep their faith…

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory